Digestive System Nursing

Which parts of the diagram is the small and large intestine?

• A~ small intestine

  E~ large intestine

• D~ small intestine

  E~ large intestine

• C~ large intestine

  B~ small intestine

• A~ large intestine

  C~ small intestine

• E~ small intestine

  D~ large intestine

What is the digestive system?

• A system to take out the bad stuff that's in your body

• A system where a certain group of organs work together to convert food into energy to feed the body

• A system where certain organs in the body digest the food you eat

• A system that the organs in the stomach make food for the body to digest.

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Where does the digestive system start?

• The liver

• The throat

• The stomach

• The mouth

The body has several organ systems. Which organ system is pictured here?

c

muscular system

digestive system

circulatory system

nervous system

skeletal system

respiratory system

Long muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach is (a)   .

• Small intestine

• Large intestine

• Epiglottis

• Esophagus

Label the organs of the digestive system.

a

b

c

d

Esophagus

Small intestine

Large intestine

Stomach

Mark the place where absorption of nutrients occurs in the human digestive system.

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Mark the two places that mechanical digestion occurs in the human digestive system.

The diagram shows a particle of food being moved along the human digestive tract by waves of relaxation and contraction of the muscular walls of the esophagus. The process that causes the movement of food down the esophagus is known as ​ (a)   .

• peristalsis

• digestion

• gravity

• photosynthesis

• absorption

Answer explanation

Peristalsis is waves of relaxation and contraction of the muscular walls of the esophagus.

Select the digestive system.